Beefed up my rear light with some Maplin led's yesterday.

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Recently I decided that I needed a more effective rear light on me boik but being a skin flint I had palpitations when I saw how much the pre made LED arrays cost (£55 ) from our friendly speedy chap up there so I've been keeping an eye out on the Maplin site for suitable components. They have just started selling these.
It is 12V, hyper bright white and comes in a 400mm strip that can be snipped up into 100mm segments.....perfect for an 1150 rear light lense.
After some DIY jiggery pokery I managed to fit all four strips onto my rear light reflector still keeping the original bulb in place. Two wired to the running light and two onto the brake light circuit. Result!
Apologise for the pants photo It really works quite well, very visible even in full daylight (brake light not on in pic) Before it was like a dull glow
Nowt so satisfying as getting a mini weekend project completed succesfully & as a double bonus I saved £35 to spend on petrol & beer instead

 

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And from a distance in bright daylight

 

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And one of the LED strips. £19 + P&P each BTW. You could even add a strip facing forward if you were so inclined
There are nine super bright led's per 100mm segment....................It's bright!

 

[Kenny]

I do hope you can tell when the brake light illuminates

Nice job

 

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'Ows about an image with the lense removed?

 

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I do hope you can tell when the brake light illuminates
Nice job

It's blindingly obvious excuse the pun

'Ows about an image with the lense removed?

You made me go outside in the rain and take it to bits again!

 

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Running lights

 

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And full monty, the camera didn't like being blinded

 

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Still keeping the original bulb in place? Strange looking original bulb Thanks for the photo though.

 

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Still keeping the original bulb in place? Strange looking original bulb Thanks for the photo though.

I were referring to the 'ole wot the original blub sits in. That 'tis one of those blubs with a transmitter in it wot tells another brake light to come on wot is stuck to me lid

 

[ianboydsnr]

nice one

will need a set for me givi top box, i know you can get a light fitting kit so it connects when you mount the topbox, but i have 3 bikes and don't want to buy 3 kits, anyone got a source of connectors

 

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That 'tis one of those blubs with a transmitter in it wot tells another brake light to come on wot is stuck to me lid

So basically........................................ you're a Flasher

Is the number plate illuminated as well as by a standard filament bulb?

 

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So basically........................................ you're a Flasher
Is the number plate illuminated as well as by a standard filament bulb?

Might be
Yes the number plate is very well lit indeed now, it was just about legal before the upgrade

 

[ianboydsnr]

did it today, stuck them down using a cut up double sided sticky pad unused from a set of hotgrips, still with the origonal bulb and is as bright as you say, thanks


gonna get another 3, they will slide into the central red of my givi top box and look awsome, just need to find a connector

 

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just need to find a connector

One of these maybe? It's waterproof and three way

Edit: scrub that! I've just seen the price This is more like it

 

[D6]

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Recently I decided that I needed a more effective rear light on me boik but being a skin flint I had palpitations when I saw how much the pre made LED arrays cost (£55 ) from our friendly speedy chap up there so I've been keeping an eye out on the Maplin site for suitable components. They have just started selling these.
It is 12V, hyper bright white and comes in a 400mm strip that can be snipped up into 100mm segments.....perfect for an 1150 rear light lense.
After some DIY jiggery pokery I managed to fit all four strips onto my rear light reflector still keeping the original bulb in place. Two wired to the running light and two onto the brake light circuit. Result!
Apologise for the pants photo It really works quite well, very visible even in full daylight (brake light not on in pic) Before it was like a dull glow
Nowt so satisfying as getting a mini weekend project completed succesfully & as a double bonus I saved £35 to spend on petrol & beer instead

project R on E bay do a clear lense and l e d light for 35 quid,01502733906

 

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project R on E bay do a clear lense and l e d light for 35 quid,01502733906

Link?

 

[brassmonkey001]

Link?

Seek and ye shall find!

 

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Seek and ye shall find!

That's just a bulb and lense as far as I can tell The little LED bulbs are rubbish I reckon having tried them. Not enough lux and only visible from directly behind And still wasting £15 beer money

 

[brassmonkey001]

You're right, I didn't check very well.
I don't know if this is any better.